You Are My Sunshine- Basic Banjo Lesson!

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Gig ‘Em ‘84

This is a beginner song?? Love the video and explanation. Going to give it a shot. Pray for me.

My God does he play that pretty or what....

I love u banjo-ben :3

One small correction on your sheet music you are playing the "and" of 2 on measure 4 with your index finger, not your thumb since your thumb just played the 4-5 slide.

Nice to see you stopped that singing at the start of your videos , , you sounded like a special needs person

Gig em from a fellow banjo playing aggie

Put the rest

Unfortunately, after watching this video, I have realized that I do not have the potential or skill necessary to be able to perform a simple roll, so I have returned my banjo.

One of the best intros ever lol

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omg I'm going to play the shit out of this when I get home 😍

how to play the bounce on the banjo I have been learning 3 months now can play 3 songs but i like to know how to put the bounce in the songs

Why has everyone i see got a plastic pick on the thumb and metal on the fingers ?

So obviously I can’t learn this on my 4 string banjo. Bummer but that was great.

The full lyrics are unexpectedly sad.

This seems way out of the league of somebody wanting to learn a song as a beginner like me

Took a few times to get the sequence down; could not have done it without Ben's breakdown of the melody and notes in each measure. The music notation was also helpful! Great lesson for a beginner banjo player! Thanks Ben

You are my Sunshine is a WWI anti-war song about a mother who does not want to send her son to fight.

Trying to follow along, but there is Arabic writing blocking the scale at the bottom of the screen..?

It’s very confusing using 1, 2 on the tab representing the fingers because you also have these numbers on the tab for frets. It’s much clearer having I for index and M for middle.

Huhuhu i miss my father but he didn’t teach me banjo but i learned guitar.

I am 73 probably mentally challenged when it comes to learning the Banjo . Yes, I probably would be your worst student but how I would love to be able to play a tune on that wonderful instrument.

Listening and watching yr finger do the business was amazing 😉 💪👍👌✌️💨💨💨

what part of this is easy... it sounds so nice though!

I’m banjo Ben Hill

Getting a banjo real soon, just have to buy new strings, get it tuned up and cleaned up. When I get it fixed up and ready to play, I'm definitely learning this song first. I've already mastered it on my mandolin. I love this song!

Enjoyed the format, but was looking for a complete lesson

I'm so lost

If you want to live in countryside but cannot, just learn to how to play a banjo!

is it strange that everytime i hear this instrument i think of a farm ,hard work and pig shit and hay

Is banjo close or far from guitar ? As an experienced guitarist i want to start banjo, but i don't know if i will be lost or if it will flow naturally

Thanks a lot for this very nice lesson. I just began banjo, and I think this song is well adapted for me. Regards from France.

Subbed immediatly. I really want to play the banjo, to get away from my computer. I want to stop being addicted to it. So I want to turn to the banjo to help.

Well actually I put in Russell plays house of the rising sun on banjo and your site popped up on the side. I've been looking for some one to show how to play this song and you do a great job! Thank you! This is my favorite!

It was actually from the 1930s by a man who later became the governor of Louisiana, (hence this being the state song). It became prominent because it was popular enough that school teachers in Tornado Alley in the Midwest could lead children in rounds of it during tornado lockdowns

The lessons and tabs at the site are definitely worth the price of membership in my opinion. Price was fair too.

yea

play it

cool ...ben

You should put a how to on The Dave Evans song: Be Proud Of the Grey in Your Hair